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Biological Anthropology/ the natural history of humankind Stanford,Craig B

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TextPublication details: New Delhi: Prentice-Hall of India Pvt.Ltd, 2012Edition: 3rd editionDescription: 640ISBN: 8120344480DDC classification: 599.9

Contents:

Introduction: What is biological anthropology? -- pt. 1: Mechanisms of evolution. Origins of evolutionary thought -- Genetics : cells and molecules -- Genetics : from genotype to phenotype -- The forces of evolution and the formation of species -- Human variation : evolution, adaptation, and adaptability -- pt. 2: Primates. The primates -- Primate behavior -- pt. 3: Paleontology and primate evolution. Fossils in geological context -- Origin of primates -- Becoming human : the ape-hominin transition -- pt. 4: The human fossil record. Early hominins -- Origin and evolution of the genus Homo -- Archaic Homo sapiens and Neandertals -- The emergence and dispersal of Homo sapiens -- pt. 5: New frontiers in biological anthropology. Evolution of the brain and language -- Biomedical anthropology -- The evolution of human behavior -- Bioarchaeology and forensic anthropology -- Appendix A: Overview of the brain -- Appendix B: Primate and human comparative anatomy -- Appendix C: The Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium -- Appendix D: Metric-imperial conversions.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
General Books	Central Library, Sikkim University General Book Section	599.9 STA/B (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Checked out	16/02/2021	P32771

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Introduction: What is biological anthropology? --
pt. 1: Mechanisms of evolution. Origins of evolutionary thought --
Genetics : cells and molecules --
Genetics : from genotype to phenotype --
The forces of evolution and the formation of species --
Human variation : evolution, adaptation, and adaptability --
pt. 2: Primates. The primates --
Primate behavior --
pt. 3: Paleontology and primate evolution. Fossils in geological context --
Origin of primates --
Becoming human : the ape-hominin transition --
pt. 4: The human fossil record. Early hominins --
Origin and evolution of the genus Homo --
Archaic Homo sapiens and Neandertals --
The emergence and dispersal of Homo sapiens --
pt. 5: New frontiers in biological anthropology. Evolution of the brain and language --
Biomedical anthropology --
The evolution of human behavior --
Bioarchaeology and forensic anthropology --
Appendix A: Overview of the brain --
Appendix B: Primate and human comparative anatomy --
Appendix C: The Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium --
Appendix D: Metric-imperial conversions.

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